Fifth China vs Russia Match in Ningpo

9/24/2008 – Ningpo or Ningbō is a provincial Chinese city – populated by over
two million and covering an area of over 6000 square kilometres. It is playing
host to a traditional China vs Russia match, which this year is going in favour
of the Eastern players. After the five rounds of regular chess (rapid and blitz
are to follow) the score is 26:24 points – thanks to the Russian girls.
Pictorial report.

Fifth China vs Russia Match in Ningpo

The Fifth China vs Russia Chess Match is taking place from September 18-27
2008, in Ningpo, China. The name, also given as Ningbo, tanslates to literally
to "Tranquil" (宁 Ning) "Waves" (bō 波). The city
with a population of over two million is located in northeastern Zhejiang province,
facing the East China Sea. You can browse around the area in the following Google
Maps window:

Wikipedia tells us that Ningbo is one of China's oldest cities, with a history
dating back to 4800 B.C. the Hemudu culture. It was known as a trade city on
the silk road and the major ports for foreign trade. In 1940 Piero
Scaruffi reports Japan bombed Ningbo with fleas carrying the bubonic plague.

The metropolitan area of the city covers an area of over 9000 square kilometres

The China vs Russia match consists of standard (90 min + 30 sec), rapid (25'
+ 10") and blitz (3' + 2") games. In the first five games the Russian
men were soundly defeated by their Chinese counterparts, but the Russian women
fought back to reduce the distance between the two. This is now just two points.

Standings after five rounds of standard chess (90 min + 30 sec)

Chinese men

Russian men

1

Wang Hao

GM

2691

3.5

2844

2

Wang Yue

GM

2704

3.0

2767

3

Li Chao2

GM

2590

3.0

2767

4

Ni Hua

GM

2705

2.5

2700

5

Bu Xiangzhi

GM

2710

2.5

2707

1

Tomashevsky, Evgeny

GM

2646

2.5

2680

2

Alekseev, Evgeny

GM

2708

2.5

2680

3

Svidler, Peter

GM

2738

2.0

2608

4

Jakovenko, Dmitry

GM

2709

2.0

2608

5

Inarkiev, Ernesto

GM

2675

1.5

2531

Total: 14.5

Total: 10.5

Chinese women

Russian women

1

Shen Yang

WGM

2445

4.0

2706

2

Xu Yuhua

GM

2483

2.5

2466

3

Ruan Lufei

WGM

2499

2.0

2394

4

Zhao Xue

IM

2522

2.0

2394

5

Huang Qian

WGM

2430

1.0

2226

1

Kosintseva, Nadezhda

IM

2460

3.0

2547

2

Pogonina, Natalija

WGM

2469

3.0

2547

3

Korbut, Ekaterina

IM

2459

3.0

2547

4

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina

IM

2435

2.5

2475

5

Kosintseva, Tatiana

IM

2511

2.0

2403

Total: 11.5

Total: 13.5

Chinese total: 26.0

Russian total: 24.0

Individual round by round results

Round 1 – September 18, 2008

Wang Hao

1-0

Jakovenko, Dmitry

Tomashevsky, Evgeny

½-½

Ni Hua

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina

½-½

Xu Yuhua

Li Chao2

1-0

Alekseev, Evgeny

Pogonina, Natalija

1-0

Ruan Lufei

Wang Yue

½-½

Inarkiev, Ernesto

Korbut, Ekaterina

0-1

Shen Yang

Huang Qian

½-½

Kosintseva, Nadezhda

Zhao Xue

½-½

Kosintseva, Tatiana

Svidler, Peter

½-½

Bu Xiangzhi

Round 2 – September 19, 2008

Shen Yang

1-0

Pogonina, Natalija

Ni Hua

1-0

Svidler, Peter

Kosintseva, Nadezhda

1-0

Zhao Xue

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina

1-0

Huang Qian

Jakovenko, Dmitry

1-0

Bu Xiangzhi

Li Chao2

0-1

Tomashevsky, Evgeny

Xu Yuhua

0-1

Korbut, Ekaterina

Alekseev, Evgeny

½-½

Wang Yue

Inarkiev, Ernesto

0-1

Wang Hao

Ruan Lufei

½-½

Kosintseva, Tatiana

Round 3 – September 20, 2008

Shen Yang

½-½

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina

Tomashevsky, Evgeny

½-½

Wang Hao

Ni Hua

½-½

Jakovenko, Dmitry

Kosintseva, Nadezhda

½-½

Ruan Lufei

Inarkiev, Ernesto

½-½

Li Chao2

Zhao Xue

½-½

Korbut, Ekaterina

Svidler, Peter

½-½

Wang Yue

Kosintseva, Tatiana

0-1

Xu Yuhua

Bu Xiangzhi

½-½

Alekseev, Evgeny

Huang Qian

0-1

Pogonina, Natalija

Round 4 – September 21, 2008

Wang Hao

½-½

Svidler, Peter

Wang Yue

1-0

Tomashevsky, Evgeny

Pogonina, Natalija

½-½

Zhao Xue

Alekseev, Evgeny

1-0

Ni Hua

Ruan Lufei

1-0

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina

Korbut, Ekaterina

½-½

Huang Qian

Xu Yuhua

½-½

Kosintseva, Nadezhda

Bu Xiangzhi

1-0

Inarkiev, Ernesto

Jakovenko, Dmitry

0-1

Li Chao2

Kosintseva, Tatiana

0-1

Shen Yang

Round 5 – September 22, 2008

Shen Yang

½-½

Kosintseva, Nadezhda

Wang Yue

½-½

Jakovenko, Dmitry

Li Chao2

½-½

Svidler, Peter

Korbut, Ekaterina

1-0

Ruan Lufei

Tomashevsky, Evgeny

½-½

Bu Xiangzhi

Alekseev, Evgeny

½-½

Wang Hao

Xu Yuhua

½-½

Pogonina, Natalija

Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina

½-½

Zhao Xue

Inarkiev, Ernesto

½-½

Ni Hua

Huang Qian

0-1

Kosintseva, Tatiana

Wang Hao, 2691 vs Dmitry Jakovenko, 2709 in round one. Wang won this game
and has scored 3.5/5 so far, with a sterling 2844 performance.

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